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              Mbming rjllifc (Euftft#. nvnIERH 1939 I WMklrEMakllDlic41«0 [ PITTMTON, PA., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1889- I TWO CENT* C TnOntia Week LAST OF THE FIFTIETH. A POLITICAL SENSATION. TIPPECANOE'S FAREWELL REASON HAD FLED. NO CONTEST OVER SAMOA HUNTING MURDEROUS ROBBERS. DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON. Did Sherman Prevent Alger'* Going Into The Sad Ending of a Connecticut Girl's * Runaway Freak. They Sacrificed One Life and Got Away with 950,000 to •00,000. Measures That May Be Killed by Filibustering. New York, Feb. 26.—The World this morn- Ins prints the following special dispatch from Columbus, O.: Gen. Harrison's Cabinet T A Tribute of Respect from a Pulpit Orator. Old Lyme, Conn., Feb. 25.—In the old country church yard here on Friday was buried the body of Miss Kate Finnegan, who fqar years ago disappeared from her father's house as completely as if the earth had swallowed her. Her aged parents wept aloud beside the grave as the earth descended on the casket and a younger brother, to whom she had been devotedly attached in oarlier years, wonld not be comforted. Mot since the day that Kate disappeared had they seen bar face. When at last they found her body it was in a pauper's grave, for Kate had died among strangers in the mad bouse at Flatbush, L L, and up to the last bad refused to tell her parents' name or where she belonged. So Says a Prominent German Tulabb, CaL, Feb. 25.—On the receipt of intelligence of a train robbery at Pixley a special car was at onoe ordered to carry officers to the scene of the robbery, and in a short time about ten officers were on the ground where the tragedy had taken place. A pool of fresb blood was found'several yards from the track, where one of the unfortunate passengers had been shot down. At the Brooklyn Ttbernacle on Newspaper. Sund y. A prominent Republican who attended the Michigan club banquet at Detroit, and who is en route to Washington, gave The World correspondent, as coming personally from Gen. Russell A. Alger, the following narrative:AN EXTRA SESSION IMPROBABLE. AN AFFECTING LEAVE TAKING. THE GERMAN CONSUL TO BLAME. SUBJECT: DABK SAYINGS ON a BAfiP At Least If There Is One It W Mot Be Gen. Harrison's Last Attendance at Hli The American Government Is Mot Re- Until October—General Washington Gos- Early in December, when Gen. Alger visited President-elect Harrison, the latter told the Michigan statesman that he intended to put him in the cabiuet as sec rotary of war and lor him to arrange his affairs to that endj which he proceeded to dS. When information reached Senator Sherman that Alger was to go into Harrison's cabinet, he sent one of his trusted heutants 'to the presidentelect with a message that if Alger's name come before the senate for confirmation he wou.d move for au investigation into his methods for securing southern delsgates at the Chicago convention, and that when the facts came out it be impossible to secure his confirmation. Own Church Marked by a Popular Dem- sponsible for .the Acts of Individuals. A tramp who was discovered riding on the platfoi m of the baggage car said: "The train commenced to slow up when we got a short distance beyond Pixley. When it had nearly stopped I discovered that there was trouble of some kind and jumped off. When they commenced shooting I ran and jumped a wire fence and lay down In the field near by. I heard some one say, 'My God, I am killed,' whan the shooting occurred, and then I heard an explosion of some kind. When the robbers had gone I slipped out and got among the pasaengem Why Do Useful Hainan Beings Die Young?—Wlijr Do So Many Good People Have 80 Much Trouble?—Why I* There Sin In the World?—Other Problem*. stp of Interest In the Closing Days of onstratlon—Off for the National Capital This Afternoon by Special Train. Exile of a Coup! pressed in Paris—Other European Mews. li*ts Sup- the Cleveland Administration. Indianapolis, Feb. 25.—At no time in the history of Indianapolis has there been for such a continuous period so much political gossip as since the nomination of Hon. Benjamin Harrison for the presidency. This afternoon the cause of the political excitement and bustle which for months has nightly filled the corridors of the principal hotels will be removed to the nation's capital; Indianapolis will resume her natural quietness, and the gossip, heretofore carried on by visitors, will be left to the exclusive care of the good home folks. Berlin, Feb. 25.—The Berlin Post reprints an articD from The Weeer Zeitung on the Samoan question and remarks that in many respects the views therein taken are correct The article in question rejects the supposition that thn government came to terms with America owing to Germany's position in regard to France, and says: Washington, Feb. 25.—This is the last week of the Fiftieth congress, and in both houses it will be devoted to such legislation as is immediately necessary. For a time there was a general belief that there would be an extra session called by President Harrison in the early part of April, but now it is thought that it then* is an extra senion it will not be called before October. , The appropriation bills are in such position that it will take a very unusual and unexpected complication to trQvent the passage of any of them. The bill to admit the territories has become a law, and the only business of vital importance which the Fiftieth congress leaves unfinished is the revenue businoss. If the direct tax bill should be signed by the president thenncessity for the reduction of the revenue will not be immediate, and it is thought President Harrison will not think it necessary to call together the Fifty-first congress until Octolier. Bbooklyk, Feb. 04.—The audience that crowded the immense auditorium of the Brooklyn tabernacle and the adjoining lecture room and parlors today united in singing:The morning of the day Katie left home she went to her father and asked him tor some money. She hod arrmi-od to go to Mew London and do some shopping. Might came and she did not return, and a party of neighbors was hastily organized to search for her. Inquiry was made in New London, but without avail. Friends far and near were telegraphed to and rfrlvertisements were inserted in the New York newspapers. The police of Mew York and all the larger towns of Connecticut were notified of the disappearance and asked to b on the lookout for the missing girl, but they never found her. The sound was dragged for miles au tbo sup-, position that Katie had met with foul play. Son of my soul, thou Barlow dear. U1* not night If thou be near, i Dr. Talmage preached on the subject: "Dark Sayings on a Harp." Text—Xllx Psalm of David, verse 4: "I will open my dark sayings on a harp." The world is full of the inexplicable, the Impassable, the unfathomable, the insurmountable. We cannot go three steps in any direction without oomlng up against a hard wall of mystery, riddles, paradoxes, profundities, labyrinths, problems that we cannot solve, hieroglyphics that we cannot decipher, anagrams we cannot spell out, sphinxes that will not speak. For that reason, David in my text proposed to take up some of these somber and dark things and try to set them to sweet music: "I will open my dark sayings on a harp." , C- - "Meifw under the present nor under any other circumstances would Germany have risked a rupture with America for such a bagatelle The Samoan white book shows that wherever the actions of German officials were repudiated it was because the officials acted contrary to international law. The press criticisms evoked by the white book were almost entirely directed against the exoesS of zeal dlrplayed by the Genriia agwrm, who appeared lacking in the statesmanlike discretion necessary in dealing with the situation. The Samoan reports show an endeavor to make German annexation or protection appe&r necessary." "One of the men shot had hi* side torn all to pieoes with buckshot The train backed up to Pixley, when on* of the passengers claimed that ha saw a man fall at a distance from the track. The train went back, and we searched tor the man. We soon found him. He had evidently been instantly killed. The shot entered near the nipple. He had a ticket in his pocket for Poso." Trpmediaieiy at tor this message was convej ed to Harrison he sent for Senator Mc- Millan, of Michigan, by whom he sent a verbal message to Gen. Alger expressing his rrgiet that lie found it impossible to make a jlace in his cab.net for hiin. Both A.ger and McMillan were indignant, the former declaring txiat it was "disgraceful to use a United States senator as a district messenger," and that "Goa. Harrison could have sent ono of his clerks to Michigan or transmitted the message of dismissal by mail" In the meantime Geu. Alger had learned the true reason for being sponged off the cabinet slate, and when ho came to the Lincoln banquet in this city on Feb. 12 he communicated the facts to Governor Foraker. The latter at once accepted it as the opening of the inevitaole bat tie between himself and Suerman for the ascendancy in Ohio, and made the banquet the occasion to eulogize Alger and uisail (Sherman as a disappointed sulk it. The assault was the pre-ent cause of tue row in the Ohio liepublieuu ranks. Alger, ot course, will back Foraker in the great fi.;lit to break Sherman's itiiluouce and down liim in i-e.11 fan's campaign. It has been Gen. Harrison's custom to walk for an hour or more daily ever since his nomination. Everywhere he has chanced to go in these constitutionals he has met with the greetings of his townsmen and intimates, and ho will leave the capital of his state with the hearty good wishes of every one. While there will be an absence of formal demonstration Jo bid him God speed, that which is to be given by the George H. Thomas post, G. A. R. (with the comrades of which he has often met, and at whose mqptings he has always been heartily welcomed), will express the feeling of the people. Mayor Denny has recommended a half holiday, or recess by the schools, in order that the children may have an opportunity of paying their respects by gathering on the line of streets the presidentelect is to follow en route to the pa-ssenger station. Of course a great crowd will gather at tbo station to witness the departure oi the distinguished statesman and bid him good-by. From the people of Pixley and other sources it was learned that when the train was stopped, as soon as the express messenger found out what was the trouble he barred the doors of the car, but the robbers threw a bomb under it and gave him such a shaking up that ha was glad to open the doors. The amount taken is variously estimated, some placing it at from $50,000 to $00,000. The men are searching the country through, though there is no clew as to the direction taken by the robbers. But the broken hearted parents never pave np tlie search. Detectives wore employed and Katie was traced to EJurope, whither she iaJ gone as a domestic in the employ of a family named Foster, but when the inquiry reacard them she hail returned to America. The earch was kept up, however, and it was fi.ja Dy discovered that she had bean ent from Mew York to the asylum on Blackwell's I land. About six weeks tator she was transferred to the insane asylum at Fiatbush, where she died !a t October. Of the appropriation bills, Wo^—the sundry civf] and tho agricultural bills—were passed by the senate lost week. The army bill ia on the calendar and will be taken up early this week. The postofflce bill is in the hands of the appropriation committee, but it will be reported probably on Tuesday. The deficiency and Indian bills have not come from the house. The consideration of the four appropriation bills and the discussion of the resolution for the investigation of election outrages in various states will fill out the wnate's last week. The elections resolution win hardly come to a final vote. The Democrats appear anxious to talk on it at great length, and it is probable they will prevent its adoption. If this is assured before the end of the week, the resolution may be laid aside and the resolution relating to Texas election matters taken up instead. After stating that the conflict of Dec. 18 might have been avoided had the German Consul takun more literally hU instruction*, wuich were that he should not intervene, tUe event of Tainasese's inability to hold Uih ground, should support negotiations between and Mautala, The Weser Zeituug continues: "Whether Mataafa'speople were led by an American or not is of no oonscquence, as the American government carniot wel be made responsible for the action of individuals. The German consul, however, by his uction undoubtedly buruens his government with such a responsibility. The contrast between the attitude of the consul and the government Is shown by the white book and therefore Is easily explained."The Cologne Gazette, violently attacking the Fimsinuige press, repeats the demand for the punishment or extradition of the American, Klein, as a common criminal. So I look off upon society and And people In unhappy conjunctions of circumstances, and they do not know what it means and they have a right to ask. Why la thlsl and Why is thatF and I think I will be doing a good work by trying to explain some of these strange things and make you more content with your lot, and I shall only be answering questions that have often been asked mo, or that w« hare all asked ourselves, while I try to set these mysteries to music and open my dark sayings on a harp. KING OF THE MOONSHINERS. It is probable that homesickness drove Katie insane. She begged 10 be sent home to the east. Why she did not return when she was able or why she ret used to make known her futlier's addiess are mysteries that will probably never be solved. Ho Is Arrested After a Desperate Resist* ance, Riddled With Shut Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 25.—Word was received here that Edward MdMn-iot, known as the "king of the moonshiners," had been captured on Brush creek, Searoy county, after a desperate fight with a sheriff's posse. McMeriot came to this state from Tenuessee eight or ton years ago, aud in the period named has been running illicit stillu in the mountain fastnesses of North Arkansas. He has been repeatedly arrested, but has always escaped, on one or two occasions breaking jail or overpowering the guards. Not long ago Constable Lawson attempted to arrest him, but McMeriot "got the drop on him," and the officer was forced to plead for his life. A very handsome present for Presidentelect Harrison reached here yesterday, in the form of a gentleman's toilet set, each )Dieoo being set in a massive silver back or flame. The presentation was made this morn ng. The gift is presented to Gen. Harrison by the Commercial and Traveling Men's Republican club, of Chicago, in commemoration of their visit to tho president-elect on SepteD33, 1888. Interrogation the first: Why does'Qod take out of this world those who are useful and whom we cannot spare and leave alive C"iH in good health so many who are only a nuisance or a positive injury to the world D I thought I would begin with the very toughest qf all the seeming lnscrutablee. Many of the most useful men and women die at thirty or forty years of age, while you often find useless people alive at sixty and seventy and eighty. John Careless wrote to Bradford, who was soon to be put to death, saying: "Why doth God suffer me and such other caterpillars to live that can do nothing butD oonsume the alms of the church, and take away so many worthy workmen In the Lord's vineyard?" Similar questions are often asked. Here are two men. The one is a noble character and a Christian man; he chooeee for a lifetime companion one who has been tenderly reared, and she is worthy of him and he Is worthy of her; as merchant, or farmer, or professional man, or mechanic, or artist, he toils to educate and rear his children;-he is succeeding, but he has not yet established for his family a full competency; he seems absolutely Indispensable to that household, but one day before he has paid off the mortgage on his house he is coming home through a strong northeast wind and a "hill strikes through him and four days of pneumonia end his earthly career and the wife and children go Into a struggle for shelter and food. His next door neighbor Is a m»" who, though strong and well, lets his wife support him; he is round at the grocery store or some general loafing place in the evenings while his wife sews; his boys are imitating his example and lounge and swagger and swear; all the use that man Is In that house is to rare because the ooffee is cold when be comes to alato breakfast, or to say cutting things about hi3 wife's looks when he furnishes nothing for her wardrobe; the best thing that could happen to that family would be that man's fu- ▲ QUESTION THAT I* OFTEN ASKED. PROHIBITION'S PRESENTMENT, Momentous Question. Philadelphia, Feb. 25.—This will bo a yrar of great activity for the prohibition hosts. No le as than three states are to decide by popular vote the question whetner amendments totally prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor.* for beverage purposes shall be added to iheir constitutions. New Hampshire leads off on the 14th of March, and here is the proposition that her people will then be called upon to adopt or reject: Three States Will Decide by llallot the MIRACULOUS ESCAPES. By mutual understanding, the tariff fight in the house was suspended on last Friday that the decks might be cleared for the final action, which will probably commence tomorrow. The general deficiency will come up to-day as unfinished business. It will take but a few hours to dispose of it. This will be followed by the Indian appropriation bill. Mr. Peel, who has it in charge, lielieves that there will be but little trouble in securing its passage. The bill will probably be out of the way in time this evening to allow the disagreements of the sundry civil and naval bills to be presented and considered. A Crowded Cftr Goes Over an Embank- ment Without Fatal ltesults. Ei-MIKA, N. Y. , Feb. 25.—The last line express train on the Northern Central railroad, leaving Philadelphia at 11:50 a. m., Saturday, struck a broken rail between Ralston and Roaring Branch, Pa., about thirty miles from here, while running at high speed around a curve, and the iear coach was tnrown down a twenty-foot embankment into a small stream. The thirty occupants of the car were all more or less injured, aud it is considered m.raculous that no one was killed. Three or lour of the injured were taken to Canton, Pa., and the others were brought here and cared for at hotels. Thu North German Gazette publishes a map of Upolu, on* of the Samoau Islands, a study of which, it deolares, leaves no doubt of the preponderance of German interests in Samoa. Mr. Russell Harrison and wife, accompanied by the lattor's parents, ex-Senator Saunders and wife, arrived here last evening, and will go to Washington on the special train. Sheriff Lawrence and Officers Lawson, Drake and Wright followed McMeriot to a house which he made a rendezvous for certain of his followers. In answer to their call, Mc- Meriot himself appeared in the doorway, and responded to the demand to throw up hi9 hands by firing a pistol at lawson and retreating into the house. The officers bombarded the dwelling, sending a volley from shotguns and W in Chester rifles through doori and windows. McMeriot ran out and attempted to reach a thicket of underbrush, but the officers followed, firing after him as he ran. He showed fight to the last, shooting several times at the posse, and yielding only when his pistol was shot from his hand aud bis body was punctured with buckshot. He was carried to the Yellvllle jail, where three physicians were employed for some hours extracting shot and dressing the wounds. It is said that he will recover. The services yesterday morning at Gen. Harrison's church, the First Presbyterian, took on a farewell character. There was a programme of Christmas music, the aisles and galleries were crowded with people, and when in an address of great length and complimentary tenor after the sermon, Dr. Haines bestowed upon the departing president, the ministerial benediction, hantikerehtefs were called into use, and a deal of crying was accomplished.Paris, Feb. 25.—The (Socialists made fruitless attempts to hold a meeting in the Place Hotel de Ville yesterday. Small groups that gathered were dispersed by gendarmes. A few Socialists who offered resistance were arrested. Late Saturday night the workingmen's delegates in the city issued a manifesto calling upon working men to refrain from attempting to hold a demonstration yesterday and thus avoid a massacre. Orderly meetings were held at Bordeaux, Lyons, Roubaix and Ma seillea. At a meeting at Nantes agitators shouted "Vive la revolution socialel" Gendarmes dispersed the meeting and arrested a number of those present Socialists Suppressed. "That the sale or keeping for sale, or manufacture of alcoholic or intoxicating liquors, except cider, or any compound of which such liquor is a part, to be used as a beverage, is a misdemeanor and is hereby prohibited." To-morrow Mr. Randall will demand the consideration of the resolution which gives the Cowles-Randall revenue bill the rijjht of way. Upon this It is impossible to foresee the action of the house. Mr. Mills, of the ways and means committee, has not yet d& cided what course he will pursue. By filibustering tactics he can prevent the resolution lieing even considered. If it can be brought tCD a vote it will be passed by luO majority. Great pie-sure Is being brought to bear on Mr. Mil s by his friends not to interpose obstructive motions. It is claimed, especially by the southern members, that it is had jiolicy to place the Democratic party in that position in the face of tho almost universal demand for the repeal of the tobacco tax. This pressure may finally overcome Mr. Mills' determination to resist the passage of the bill. With this resolution out of the way Mr. Crisp will call up the California election case, Mr. Duun his Alaska bill, Mr. Ford hi* immigration b 11, M. Oa'es his naturalization bill and Mr. MeCreary his Kdinunds Panama re olution. Should Mr. MUls keep to his present resolu lion to use uli parliamentary means to defeat the Cowles bill these measures will die with the congress. Massacuusetts will vote on the question on April -2, und the legislature has made that day a legal holiday throughout the state. A dire calamity was undoubtedly prevented by the fact that the train was heated by steam. Had the cars been heated by stoves, as they were until recently, the overturned coach would certainly have caught tire and the thirty passengers would have been roasted alive be lore succor cuuid have reached them. Pennsylvania, which on June 18 will by the voice of the majority determine whether this provision shall be incorporated in her constitution: Parson Haines has been, he says, obliged to hold hi- peace ever sine * the nomination. He h id Gen. Harrison's permission to to bid a public adieu to the genera , and the latter, Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. McKee, were there to hear it. The doctor's sermon was on "The Divine Presence;" and he inculcated the Idea tnat God was with his servants wherever duty cahed them. At the close of the sermon he paused a moment and then,, addressing him -oil directly towards .the front pew, where the Harrisons sat, said: "The manufacture, sale or keeping for sale of any intoxicating liquors whatsoever to be used as a beverage Is forever prohibited in this commonwealth; and the general assembly shall without delay enact such laws, with sulilcient penalties, as shall ba necessary to enforce this prohibition. The manufacture, sale or koeping for sale of intoxicating liquors for other purposes than as a beverage shall be regulated by law under sufficient penalties and securities." As it was, if the lamps in the top of the car had not been extinguished when it overturned, there is no tolling what mig .t have happened. Several of the passengers were mo. e or Iobs burned by contact with the heated pipes, and received severe sprains and bruises by being caught between the pipes, but none seriously. Munich, Feb. 25.—It is reported that Prince LultpoU, the regent of Bavaria, has condemned Countess Larish, the daughter of Duke Louis of Bavaria, to perpetual exile, for the prominent part she played in the events which led to the death of Archduke budolf, the crown prince of Austria. Condemned to Exile. None of the posse was fatally wounded. The fight was the most bitter that ever occurred in the mountain regions. The officers claim that the capture of McMeriot will depress and break up the moonshiners in that section, he being a recognized leader. Following is a list of tl.'i injured, who number twenty-five: Conductor Dale, face and bend; Rev. C. A. Babcoi. ,, Cantor, Pa., head; Gotleib Beyer, Philadelphia, severe cuts on hea-i, neck and limbs, serious; Mrs. T. Brouson, Watkins, N. Y., back of head and lower limbs; Simon Quigg, Herndon, Pa., an old gentleman, head and chest, serious; Frank ivenlor, of Kehler, Fa., head cut slightly; John Lee, Wiiliamsport, Pa., shoulder broken; William Pasooe, \Voodstoc*k, Canada, leg broken; A. D. Obertou, Kluiira, head and chest cut, probably fatal; A. E. U ugh ton, commercial traveler of New York, representing Miller & Caston, hood cut; Ed Wiseman, Kiniira, head cut. , "Before these Services close X cannot but bear in mind that which to-day is prominent in the thoughts of us all, the fact that this is the last service prior to the departure from among us of one who for more than a third ol a century has Leen identified with this Christian church as a member and an officer. 1 am sure it «ould be a grief to the memberof this church for it to tail to break through the si.ence that has characterized this pulpit in its relation to the peculiar excitements ot the last eight months and permit you, sir, who Have been so long and so intimately associated with as here in Christian life and work, to go out without one word of expression of our earnest, affectionate wish and prayer. Besides these states there ore three others- New York, Nebraska and Connecticut—in wnich prohibition constitutional amendment campaigns are coming on apace. New York's legislature took the initial step toward) submission last year, but the amendment resolution then patsed upon must lie over until next year for endorsement by an entirely new legislature. AN INTERESTING TRIO. New York, Feb. 25.—The Press has scot a young lady reporter, very poorly but decently clad, to various churches for a few Sundayi past, to see whether poor people are weloonx or not In such places, like story of the reporter is to the effect that out of eleven fashionable churches visited she was cordially welcomed at four; tolerated, but ratfaei coldly treated at two; given good seats at three, though regarded with apparent curiosity, and told that there were no seats at two. She was the only poorly dressed person visible at any of the churches. The Value of Fine Feather*. Three Sturdy Old Men Who Weighed Bat Ten Pounds at Birth. Torrinoton, Coon., Feb. 25.— On Sept 23, 1821, Mrs. Grant, the comely young wife of Farmer Ira Grant, of Burrville, about fire miles from this place, gave birth to boy triplets, and shortly after was carried to an early grave by quick consumption at the age of 97 years. The combined weight of the three mites was only ten pounds, but they art still alive, robust and hearty men, and splendid specimens of sturdy Connecticut manhood. •■al; but he declines to die; ha lives on and on and on. Bo we have all noticed that many of the useful are early cut off while the parasitea of society have great vital tenacity.THE RETIRING LEADERS. ROSSITER CONDEMNED. During the last week of his stay at the Wh te House President Cloveland will be a busy man. His work will be chiefly in examining bills seut from congress. Saturday 113 such bills were on hand for examination, and the rush of the final days of congreee has not yet fairly begun. Although the president's goods and chattels have disappeared from the White House, the president and Mrs. Cleveland will not bid farewell to their home until Jater. It has been the usual custom for the outgoing president to give a luncheon to his miccessor at the White House on the afternoon of inauguration day, and then to take liis leave. That custom will be followed on this occasion. After the inaugural cere monies Mr. Cleveland and the members of his cabinet, Mr. Harrison and Mr. Morton, with a tew of their most intimate friends, will luoch at the White House, and then Mr. Cleveland will say good-by to his successor. Representative Southerners Indignant at His Attack on "Old Sherman." 1 take up this dark saying on my harp and give three or four thrums on the string in the way of surmising and hopeful guess. Perhaps the useful man was taken out. of the world, because he and his famii™ were so constructed that they could not have endured some great prosperity that might have been just ahead and they altogether might have gone down In the vortex of worldlinese which every year swallows up ten thousand house- J holds. And so he went while he was humble and consecrated, and they were by the severities of life kept close to Christ and fitted for usefulness here and high seats In heaven; and when they meet at last before the Throne, they will acknowledge that though the furnace was hot it purified them and prepai-ed them for an eternal career of glory and reward for which no other kind of life oould have fitted them. On the other hand, the useless man lived on to fifty, or sixty, or seventy years, because all the ease he over can have he must have in this world, and you ought not, thoreforo, begrudge him his earthly longevity. In all the ages there has not a single loafer ever entered heaven. There is no place for him there to hong around. Not in the Temples, for they are full of the most vigorous, alert and rapturous worship. Not 011 the river bank, for that is the placo where the conquerors recline. Not in the gates, because there are multitudes entering, and we are told that at each of the twelve gates there is an angel, and that celestial guard would not allow the place to be blocked up with idlers. If the good and useful go early, rejoice for them that they have so soon got through with human life, which at best la a struggle. And if the iisbUmb and the bad stay, rejoice that they may be out in the world's fresh air a good many years before their final incarceration. "Nkw York, Feb. 25.—The committee appointed to devise means for the maintenance of the National Confederates Soldiers' Home at Austin, Tex., held another meeting at the Fifth Avenue hotel Gen. James B. Mix presided. Some of the others present were CoL Thomas P. Ochiltree, Maj. Joseph A. Stewart, of Austin, Tex.; Gen. Edward Jardine, Uen. Martin McMahon, Gen. Roger A. Pryor and George Kilmer. Maj. Stewart said that Gen. Rossiter's at.ack on Gen. Sherman at the Confederate banquet at Baltimore was unprovoked, and the sentiment of sensible .nun was against such outbreaks. In his opinion tho "Yankee" was more than a match tor the "southern gentleman." CoL Ochiltree attributed the pugnacious southerner's attack to an overdose of stimulants. Others joined in cc demning the sentiments expressed by Gen. Rossiter. A sub-committee was appointed to direct entertainments and benefits and to receive subscriptions for the home. (Jot Ochiltree reported that the Broadway theater had boon placed at the disposal of the committee at any t ine. They are named Matthew, Daniel and William. Matthew has a farm near Burrvdle, is married and has had several children. Wliliam Is also a farmer. Daniel is a carpenter in West Torrington. The two latter have each been twice married, and have each fathered two children. Matthew is about 6 feet 7% inches in height and weighs 156 pounds. The other brothers are bigger men titan Matthew, sach of them weighing about 170 pounds. ON WHICH WAS THE JOKE? "Lnto you in no small degree it will be given to influence, for weal or for woe, the interests of tiO,000,000 people. You go forth to meet these rtnpenaibilit.es carrying with you, us you well know, the unwavering confluence, as well as the warm personal regaru. of your feilow Christians. We have loarneu to believe in you, in your personal integrity, in your tested, established Christian character. Character is superior to achievements It is itself the highest achievement Office without character is nothing. We join li. 11. e anticipation that you will exhibit to thi people ot this nation that crowning glory ot magistrates and sovereigns—a genuine, broau L hristian manhood. President Cleveland Put His Wife to Sleep Newark, N. J., Feb. 25.—The parents of children attending the Monmouth street public school are in a state of consternation at an outbreak of diphtheria among the pupils. During the last few weeks several fatal caaes have occurred, and many are anxious to know whether the disease has been contracted at the sohool or from the surrounding tenement housee. Principal Forman says he has taken especial cars of the health of the school, and has always sent a pupil heme at the first symptom of illness. Diphtheria in a School. Washington, Feb. 25.—President Cleveland tells a good story at the oxpense of his wife, says a promiueut society lady. He was speaking of Mrs. Cleveland's splendid nerves, and her ability to sleop under all circumstances. ' bj Heading Hi* 1'rovlaiAitlion. "Last November," said ho, "whan I wrot: my Thanksgiving proclamation, it was a busy day with me, and I was at my desk far into the night. Wo were at Oak View, and Frankie had gone -to bed early. I was pleased with the proclamation, and when 1 went to luy room I awoke my wife and asked lior if she would like to hear me read it. 'Oh yes,' she said, 'by all means,' and I sat down by the bed ide and road it through. When I finished Frankie was fast asloep. I believe she had not heard a word. The next morning, when we were awaiting the announcement of breakfast, I took up a morning paper. 'Here is my Thanksgiving proclamation,' said I; 'would you like to hoar itf 'Very much; please road it to me.' Then I laughed heartily, saying, 'I wish you may catch me reading it to you the second time, when it put you to sleep the first' " On religious matters William and Daniel differ from Matthew. He believes in miuding the affairs of one world during the week ana going hunting Sundays. W tliiam and Daniel are stanch Adventists, and go to meeting regularly. Freight Trains Wrecked. "In the stormy days of our civil -war wt recall that in tne charge oh the battiefieiu once and again you led the ranks forward and piantod tne flag of our country upon tilt ramparts gallantly won. Now, as the ieadu and commander of threescore millions oi people, wo pray unto you strength anu courage and wisdom to lead these hosts for ward in tue paths of justice and trutii unti our .standard shall be planted on the heigiiu, of a Ood honoring and thereiore enduring prosperity. The triplets look well for their age. They probably inherit their tendency to longevity from their fatcer—old Ira—who only passed away a lew months ago at the ripe age of 8'J years. New Brunswick, N. J., Feb. 25.—The first section of a freight tr»(n on the Pennsylvania railroad had stopp |f C,the east end of the Ran tan river bridge in this city, when the second section ran into it One engine, a caboose, and seven cars were wrecked. The cars were burned, with theii contents of general merchandise, but nobody was hurt. The loss is about $20,000. The newspaper train and all others were delayed three hours. Secretary Bayard and bis family will live quietly for a while at their home on Highland terrace previous to their departure. Secretary and Mrs. Fairchiid propose to take their leisure in the breaking up of their hottie, as the climate at Washington at this season agrees better with the latter than the severe cold of the north. Looks Bad for Farmer Moloney. Freehold, N. J., Feb. 25.—An interesting insurance case will shortly be tried here. Edward Maloney, the defendant, is a farmer living at Whicsatuuk, on the Freehold and New Yolk railroad. There are three indicts meats lor incendiarism against Mr. Maloney. His bouse and barns were destroyed by fire a year ago, and it Is now alleged that several tons of hay and straw reported lost had been previously sold, his good horses concealed, and four worn out truck horses, purchased for the purpose, had been locked in the barn to be cremated, and that household goods forwbicli ho recovered insurance had been removed. The prosecutor of the pleas says the charges will oe proven. The secretary of war and Mrs. Endicott will also linger in their present home, and so far no plans for the future have been arranged. Mrs. Endicott will probably remain until the late spring. Washington, Felt. 25.—The encounter jotweon Senators Chandler and Blackburn ii t ho ' meeting of the committee on Indian raders was the principal topi* of conversion at the Caprtol. Air. Chandler was al is desk In the senate ciiamber at an early lour, and he did not seem any the worse •r the trouble with his brothor senator. All It bo witnesses to the difficulty refused to .iik. It was reported that Senator Chandler t tended making a statement for publication, •ut he said to a representative of the United Ye»s that he had not prepared a statement nd would make none. Several members of ne senate went to him and suggested that it volllti bo wise, in view o£ the wide publica,oii of the story, that he should make some latement on the floor otthe senate. Ha defined to do so, however. The Cliandler-Blackburn Encounter. 4'I speak for all the members of this church when 1 say that we will bold you and your* tenderly-in our hearts, aud we will remembe. yuu a» tao throno ot grace iu our prayer-, ever b.-fcoeching that the God ot uatious, untC wnom our liit'hers looked and were lightens to guide you by his counsel, to shield yoa b. his pi evidence and lo enrich you w.i, h aveniy wisdom and make you perfect i. every work to do his will." CONDENSED NEWS. The secretary of the interior and his family have decided to remain until the latter part of May, when their present lease of the house will expire. Mrs. Vilas' yet delicate «tate of health prohibits the necessary exertion attendant upon moving for the present Hon. Samuel J. Randall is rapidly failing in health and strength. Celebrating »n Enemy's Death. The Intercollegiate Athletic association has formally withdrawn from tho National Amateur Association of Aniericiiu Athletes. Brooklyn, Feb. 35.—Wneu the suicide of Mrs* Thomas Schulz, wife of the East New York toy manufacturer, wan made known it was thought that shame was the probab.e cause. Some time ago she was made co-respondent in a suit for divorce brought against Cuarles Schluctner by his wile Christine. A limited divorce was grante I lo tue plaintiff, who was also allowed &X) a week alimony* Sue was extremely augry with Mi's. Schulk, and when she heard of the la tier's death made no effort to conceal her pleasure.v In fact, to celebrate the occurrence, she flung to the breeze from the window of her house an American flag, much to the disgust of her Cal McCarthy, of Jersey City, defeated Hab Morgan, of Wilkesborre, iu a six round glove con toe t. The secretary of the navy and Mrs. Whitney intend to follow their usual custom in respect to their spring plans ami will not go north until later in the season. In the prayer wuich followed his addre* the pastor commended Giu. Harrison and hi. tiUiiiiy 10 divine protection. After the bene diction had been muu the presidential fain it.. started to leave the cuurcii, but were wa) laid by members ot iuw vougregatiou, wbv v\ ith outstretcued hands and solemn, iu som«. cases tear stained laces pressed lorward U any gooa-by. Tue general and his wile wer« a long tunw iu mamng iiio.r way to the earr.agf, ami to its very doors vs ero surrouiiden by God speeding tr lends. On tneir way hoini It is believed that Albert Hegel, of Union Hill, N. J., and Mrs. Lena Stugon have eloped. The woman is the wile of a West Hoboken silk weaver. She was almost a dally visitor at Hegel's house. On Friday night she was absent l'rom home, and her husband heard that sho was at Hegel's. He went there and was met by Hegel, who brandished a revolver and ordered him to leave. Stugen left to procure a warrant A few minute* later Hegel and Mrs. Stugen left the house and have not returned. The jKxstmaster general and Mrs. Dickinson will continue to occupy their home on I ►treet lor some weeks after the arrival of the incoming administration. as ihscbutablk mtstzry, but rr has ajD New Have}!, Feb. 25.—Stratford la to fall in line with the Now Eugiond towns which are 250 years old next summer, and celebrate her th anniversary. The precise date of the settlement of the town in u it known, as the records do not run back tor enough to give the desired information. It is said on good authority, however, that the founders of the town lauded at Sandy Hollow, the channel of the Housatouie river in those years lieing on the west side of that stream. This was in 1039. They at ouce erected ft Congregational church, and proceeded to I uild np a thriving settlement. Stratford Will Celebrate. Interrogation the second: Why do so many good people have so much trouble sickness, bankruptcy, persecution, thethrao black vultures sometimes putting their fierce beaks into one set of jangled nerresl I think now of a good friend I once had. Ha was a consecrated Christian man, an elder in the church and as lolishod a Christian gentleman as ever walked Jroadway. First his general health gave out and he hobbled around,on a cane, on old man at forty. After a wuile paralysis struck him. Having by poor health been comrelled to suddenly quit business, he lost whr.t property he had. Then his beautiful daCighter died. Then a son becamo hopelessly demented. Another son, splendid of mind and commanding of presence, resolved that bu would take core of his father's household, bat under the swoop of yellow fever at Feri an din a, Fla., be suddenly expired. So you know good men and women who lave had enough troubles, yon think, to crush fifty pxjple. No worldly philosophy could take rich a trouble and set it to music, or play it on violin or flute or dulcimer or sackbut, but I dare to open that dark saying on a gospel harp. VANTAGES. SOME FINANCIAL STATISTICS. The director of the mint has submitted to congress his rfport on the production of gold .and silver in the United States during the calendar year 1888. The gold product was 1,044,Wii7 fine ounces, of the value of $33,175,- 0JO. This is about the same as in 1887. The silver product was 45,783,032 fine ounces, of the commercial value of about $13,000,000, and of the coining value of $5'.), 195,000. This is an increaso of 4.527,327 fine ounces ovor t.:e product in L887. In additiv.n to the product . ot our own mine*, lome 10,000,000 ounces of tdlver were extracted in the United States from foreign ores bullion, principally Mexican. The total refined product of the United States was, in gold, 1,777,877 line ounces, and ot silver, 53, lii8,09» fine ounces. The coinage of the mints during the calendar year 1888 was as follows: Gold, $31,3b0,fc08; silver dollars, *31,WK),S3tS; subsidiary salver, $1,034,773; minor, *1)12,201. Total, *05.318,015. The stock of coined and prnwr money in circulation Jan. 1, 18b0, was *1,300,100,154, against il,370A»30,003 ou Jan. 1, 18&8, an increase of *19,170,151. The director estimates ihe consumption of gc Id and s lver in tl e industries in the United S ates dunngtiie calendar year 1888 to have been: Gold, $14,000,000; silver, , MX). Fire aud Explosion in Bristol. Hartford, Feb. 25.—Between midnight tnd 1 o'clock yesterday morning an on stove a Pomeroy's shooting gallery at Bristol exiloded and set tire to the long, low \ ooden luiulmg. The Are soon reached three 1 j"s of »wder, and their explosion shattered the luiiding and also broke the windows in other neighbors. The latter, in their ind gnat ion, called upon the police and ite removal of the flag. But the police declined to interiere, on the ground ihat their authority did not extend so lar. a,id when the ordeal waj over they stoppe*. i i at Paivou Hahics' c\Dsy nome on iJenn»yi vaiiia street to say good-by to him and hi wue, who is an mvalid. The First Baptist church, of Nashua, N. H, has unanimously voted to call Rev. O. J. White, of Jersey City, to the pastorate. If Oscar Neebe, the Anarchist convict now in prison at Joliet, Ills., will confess all he knows about the Haymarket riot it is possible that Governor Fifer will pardon him. A Valuable Course of Lectures. Philadelphia, Feb. 25.—A remarkable course of lectures on Sunday afternoons at the university of Fein vlvania closed yesterday. The&o lectures ;.. Jr. George Dana Boardman on the Sinanic Decalogue were prepared for the university students, but have attractod lar.je au iLniees. They have lDeen a clear, cand.d disru-sion of the fundamental principles of society and government. All the vital problems of modern casuistry and devate, heredity, rights of property, labor and capital, land questions, social purity, trusts and monopolies, have been treated with scientific method, fearless eloquence and uii.-:paring incisiveness. At the request of the uni\ emiy these lectures will be published. The Willlmautlc Bank Case. . ;is the only person hi the gallery at the uie, and was just about to c.ose up. He ..•as knockod down aud is suffering from the ihock, but will recover. Tne damage to prop-l-ty is a bout $2,000. The flames wero extinguished bifore tney could spread to adjoining uuildings. luldings in the neighborhood. Mr. Pomeroy Wii.limantic, Coun., Feb. 25.—Whe. Treasurer Boyce, of the Williraantic Saving instil ufe, was tried last DecemOiV tor iaisili cation oi the books, eic., the ,ury disagreed although Boyce made admissions whici render him liable under the banking laws. Since then he and his iriends have laboree systematically to scare depositors and em barrass the bank, in the iiope of preventing a retrial. Judge Carpenter, at the request ol ti.e state bank commissioners, has enjoinec the institute from payuig back any deposit for one year. Tins is done to prevent a ru and a saei dice of secui: ties, as the bank i perfectly sound. Boyce will scon be brooch, to ti -ai. New Londo.v, Conn., Feb 25.— William Higgins' carriage shop, John Bishop's lumber yard, L. A. Corns lock's coal yard. Burr's livery stable, Mr. Higgins' residence, a large tenement house, twelve horses and six omnibuses were burned yesterday. Loss, 920,000; Insured for (10,000. Disastrous Fire at New London. Jacob Wittershein and John Hepp, both both of Newark aveuue, Jersey City, were at a ball Saturday night Early yesterday morning they quarreled, aud Wittershein was struck in the face. Nothing was thought of the blow at the time; but last evening the police were notified that he had been struck behind the ear with a beer glass, and that he was suffering a skull fracture, from which he will d.e. Hepp was arrested. Ward Will lie a "Senator." Washington, Feb. 25.—The Post prints ho following: "For the benefit of every •aseball enthusiast. The Post desires to make ne positive statement that Ward will be the Vtain, manager and shortstop of the Wash...gtin basebal. team next season. It bases this . seruou upon the most positive and convincing proof," Trampled to Death. Plattsburg, N. Y., Feb. 25.—While William Blair, of Hockburn, Canada, was driving a spirited team toward Cnateaugay, where he expected to sell them, the team ran away at Frontier. Mr. Blair »ns thrown under tii* horsi feet ami traiinii.nl to death. Assemblyman Frank McDermitt intends to apply to Chancellor McGill to enjoin the Newark council from closing the proposed ooo tract with the Lehigh Valley Railroad company for a new water supply. 1 You wonder that very ited people OX TKUD PaM.)